Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Herschel

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Herschel
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 92.8% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

277

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

92.8%

2024

All-time

10,640

Herschel once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 277 boys were named Herschel.

In 2024, only 20 boys were given the name.

Down 92.8% from its peak.

All told, about 10,640 Americans have been named Herschel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.8% from peak

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